Deconstructing and Reconstructing. Embracing Alternative Ways of Producing, Classifying and Disseminating Knowledge

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ID6014136
AutoresP Levitt (0000-0002-6427-0101, Wellesley College), Maurice Crul (0000-0002-2003-7826, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Ano2018
Volume48
Fascículo41
Páginas3-101
Data de publicação2018-12-20
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEtnološka tribina (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0351-1944 • E-ISSN: 1848-9540
EditoraCroatian Ethnological Society (PUBLISHER • HR)
DOI10.15378/1848-9540.2018.41.01
OpenAlexW2906086368
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas42

In this short piece, we argue for a fundamental reconsideration and reorganization of knowledge production. Intellectual and cultural inequality are part and parcel of socioeconomic inequality. How can we create a better world if we are not clear about the premises behind the knowledge that we have about that world and how it is produced? We need to look carefully at what is silenced and what is said out loud; at what is obscured, hiding in plain sight, or given centre stage. Not only is the task at hand to see clearly what comes into view when these embedded assumptions are excavated. It is also to create new words, new methods, and new institutions that do not repeat the same mistakes. It is a plea to train the next generation differently, so they are prepared to chart a new path toward producing, classifying, and using knowledge in more onstructive and inclusive ways. Keywords: knowledge production, decentre, post-colonial, critical, culture, global

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